Automobile-radiator



L. AI'JONES. AUIOMOBILE-RADIATOR. APPLICATlON FILED NOV. 11, 1918.

1,335,340. Patented Mar. 30,1920.

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L. A. JONES.

AUTOMOBILE RADIATOR.

APPLICATION FILED u.ov,11, 191s.

Patented Mar. 30, .1920.

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to the accompanying UNITED STATES PATENT orricn LLOYD A. JONES, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR T0 OTTMAR G. STARK, OF ST. I

LOUIS, MISSOURI.

AUTOMOBILE-RADIATOR.

Specification 01 Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 30, 1920.

Application filed November 11, 1518. Serial No. 281,990.

concern: at I, LLOYD A. Jonas, a, citizen of,the UnitedStates of America, a resident of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile-Radiators, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,' reference beinghad drawings, forming a part of this specificatlon.

My invention relates to automobile radiators of the type known as tubular, and it has for its object to provide .means for rapidly dissipating the heat in radiators of this type. With this object in view, my radiator comprises water chambers, and air chambers adjacent the water chambers through which air may circulate in addition to its circulation in contact with the water chambers, the air chambers being provided withair entrance and discharge ways and deflectors which permit not only the circulation of air into and out of the air chambers, but also provide for the deflection of the air passing through said chambers toward the water chambers by controllin the passage of air through the radiator. aid deflectors serve to direct the air into impact against the radiator surfaces and further to provide for the conduction of heat from the air chambers, in order that the heat will be more To all whom it ma Be it known t of air through the radiator.

Figure I isv a top view of a fragment ofmy radiator.

Fig. II is a front elevation of the fragment of the radiator shown in Fig. I.

Fig. III is a face view of a fragment of one of the air chambers.

Fig. IV is a cross section taken on line IV-IV, Fig. V.

Fig. V is an enlarged face view of a fragment of one of the air chambers, with the air deflecting fins at one of its sides shown in full lines and the air deflecting fins at the opposite side appearin in dotted'lines.

Fig. V1 is in part an en elevation and in, part a cross sectiontaken on line VIVI,

of Fig. V.

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contact aa oined at their edges and having at the ends openings 0 through which water may enter for circulation, as is common in radiators of the type to which my invention relates. The air chambers B comprise walls I) oined at their edges and spaced from each other to permit the circulation of air between said walls.

The water chambers and air chambers are both of tubular type and are of zigzag or other sinuous form, providing contact faces at lntervals between walls of the water chambers and the walls of adjoining air chambers, and channels intervening be-' tween said contact faces, which channels in the rear portion of the air chamber.

Openings of this kind are located in both walls of each air chamber, and the openings are preferably formed by cutting the walls of the air chamber along the contact surfaces 1). that bear against similar surfaces on the water chambers, the cutting be-. ing so performed as to produce front fins '3 and rear fins 4 which extend diagonally of the channels between the contact surfaces b'. To produce such ,fins each air chamber wall B is out in lines extending or in proximity to, the sides of the surfaces 1), and then transversely, and the metal thus freed is bent into the adjacent ducts D with the result of producing the 'air inlet openings and exit openings 1' and 2 and fins'3 and 4. It is to be noted that the walls of the air chamber are cut at one side of each channel to. produce the air inlet gopenings 1 and fins 3, and at the opposite side of said channel to produce the air exit openings 2" and fins 4. By so doing the openings 1 and 2 are offset from each other and lo cated in different planes, and the fins 3 and 4 are likewise offset, and located in different planes, whereby provision is made for the air passing into air inlet openings 1' being required to take a circuitous course in pass ing to the air exit openings, and also whereby'the fins 3 and 4: are caused to act as deflectors which change the course of the air currents and direct the air against various portions of the air chamber walls and the adjoining water chamber walls for cooling influence, the water chamber walls being cooled by direct contact of the air therewith, and the air chamber walls being cooled by the air contacting with them, and they in turn acting to ,cool the water chamber walls by conduction.

The courses taken by the circulation of air is indicated by arrows in Figs. V and VII, the air entering the air chambers through the inlet openings 1 and circulating between the walls of such chambers to escape therefrom through the exit openings at-either the same side as that at which it enters or at the other side. In either instance the air moves in contact with both walls of each air chamber, with the result of exerting a cooling influence upon the walls and constantly discharging the heated air in the air chambers and between said air chambers and the adjoining water chambers in a much more effectual manner than is possible in radiators of former constructions, which lack air chambers interposed between the water chambers.

I claim:

1. An automobile radiator comprising alternating water and air chambers, the air chambers being closed at their ends and having their wallsapertured to permit the circulation of currents of air through the walls of said chambers toward the walls of the adjoining water chambers.

2. An automobile radiator comprising alternating water and air-chambers, the'air chambers being closed at; their ends and having apertured walls permitting the circulation of air into and out of the chambers toward the adjoining water chamber walls and having deflectors adjacent the apertures in their walls whereby the air is directed toward the water chamber walls.

3. An automobile radiator comprising alternating water and air chambers, the air chambers being closed at their ends and having air inlet and exit openings in their walls located in different planes through between the points which air may enter said air chambers and leiscape therefrom toward said Water chamers.

4. An automobile radiator comprising alternating water and air chambers, the air chambers being closed at their ends and having air inlet and exit openings in different planes through which air may enter and escape from said chambers, and air deflecting fins projectin toward the water chamber walls from t e walls of said air chambers adjacent said air inlet and exit openings.

5. An automobile radiator comprising alternating water and air chambers in contact with each other at intervals, the air chambers being closed at their ends and being provided with side air inlet and exit openings in communication with the spaces between the oints at which the chambers contact, there through said spaces and also therefrom into and through said air chambers to the water chambers at opposite sides of the air chambers.

6. An automobile radiator comprising alternating water and air chambers in contact with each other at intervals, the air chambers being closed at their ends and being provided with side air inlet and exit openings in communication with'the spaces at which the chambers contact, thereby permitting air to circulate throughsaid spaces and also therefrom into and through said air chambers toward the water chambers, and air deflecting fins in said spaces alongside side openings.

An automobile radiator com rising alternating water and air chambers 1n contact with each other at intervals, the air chambers being closed attheir ends and provided with side air inlet and exit openings in communication with tween the points at which the chambers contact, thereby permitting air to circulate through said spaces and also therefrom into and through saidair chambers to the op 0- site water chambers, and air deflecting flins arranged diagonally in said spaces alongside'said openings.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto aflix my signature,

L. A. JONES.

the spaces bey permitting air to circulate 

